striking anvil

[odblacksmith]

im sure this has been covered,but as always there is more then one way to skin a cat as they say.here is a striking anvil i am working on it was my first "anvil" i started out using,a block of mild steel 3 inches wide 4 inches tall and 8.25 inches long (before modification) rough ballpark of the weight is 25 lbs.it had two 7/8" round holes on either end.i used a Corner chisel? to carve out a squared hardy hole rather than drifting it,this didn't leave much room on the end so i welded on a sort of "heel" with a gusset for support as well as a sort of side shelf i think they are called like what you see on some old European anvils.the pictures attached are the progress so far but there is much more to be done and any advice is appreciated.